NODE f91df803Re: Crypto Exports, Europe, and Conspiracy Theories
"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>Sun, 28 Jan 1996 04:01:21 +0800
From: IN%"rsalz@osf.org" "Rich Salz" 26-JAN-1996 04:39:43.50
>I believe that one minor reason is the PKP chokehold on public-key patents.
It has slowed down adoption within the US, and the RSA licenses for example
tend to get very "interesting" when it involves places where their patents
don't hold.
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Speaking of other countries' non-recognition of algorithms as
patentable, are David Chaum's patents on digital cash enforceable outside of
the US?
Thanks,
-Allen